Attorney at Work
MAY 28, 2022
Nobody sets out to write a boring attorney bio. It’s just so easy to follow the usual attorney bio format and rarely update or change it — unless there’s a big pitch underway or the firm’s website is being redesigned. The bio becomes an end product of your CV — told in prose form. Those rock-solid credentials and impressive accomplishments get lost among ordinary verbs and uninspired adjectives.
The Crime Report
MAY 31, 2022
A researcher who entered the metaverse wanting to study users’ behavior on Meta’s social-networking platform Horizon World says her avatar was raped in the virtual space within an hour, reports Insider. Even though it happened in virtual reality, the incident left the researcher “disoriented,” according to a report from the nonprofit advocacy group SumOfUs, and her controller vibrated when the male avatars touched her, resulting in a physical sensation that was a result o
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JURIST
MAY 31, 2022
The New Hampshire Supreme Court Tuesday approved a plan to redraw New Hampshire’s congressional districts. The approved redistricting plan uses the “least change” approach, meaning that only five towns will have their congressional districts changed. Theresa Norelli, the former House Speaker for New Hampshire, brought a lawsuit alleging that the current congressional map violates the New Hampshire Constitution.
CourtTechBulletin
JUNE 2, 2022
Courts everywhere should check out the Court Forms Online MassAccess project that was created and maintained by the Document Assembly Line Project at the Suffolk Law’s Legal Innovation and Technology Lab in cooperation with the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission’s COVID-19 task force. But before we go further… the code tool sets are available online for free!
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The Estrin Report
JUNE 1, 2022
Get noticed and move your career upward! By Chere Estrin and Nora Boghossian. Creating your LinkedIn profile. How your LinkedIn profile is written, what it says about you, how it distinguishes your personality, are all critical factors employers want to know to choose you as a candidate. In this overwhelming and competitive market, your LinkedIn profile is as important as your resume.
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JURIST
JUNE 3, 2022
Freedom House released its complete report on transnational repression Thursday where it accused Rwanda of being one of the worst offenders. Transnational repression is a phenomena where a country will suppress dissent and target dissidents outside of its borders. The report documented the anti-repression policies of nine countries: Canada, Germany, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 1, 2022
By Yumeno Grace Nishikawa, LLM*. The Supreme Court of Japan may soon weigh in on a growing field of climate litigation in Japan against coal-fired power plants. On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Japan , their case challenging the legality of a governmental approval that allows for the construction and operation of new coal-fired power plants.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 31, 2022
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the technology industry and blocked a controversial Texas law that bars large social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from removing posts based on the viewpoints they express. The justices divided 5-4 in an ideologically scrambled vote. Three of the court’s conservatives (Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett) joined two liberals (Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor) in putting the law on
The Crime Report
JUNE 1, 2022
Despite an increase in overdose deaths, the number of individuals who said drug addiction is a major problem in their community fell by from 45 percent to 37 percent between 2018 and 2021, r eports the Pew Research Center. Additionally, some 44 percent of Americans living in areas where drug overdose death rates climbed by more than the median increase between 2017 and 2020 said drug addiction was a major problem in their community in 2018.
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JURIST
JUNE 3, 2022
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court Friday upheld a ruling to classifying Uber drivers as employees and according them all the rights and benefits given to employees in Switzerland. Uber appealed the 2019 ruling by a lower court guaranteeing Uber drivers the right to workers compensation insurance and collective bargaining. In the judgement , the court dismissed Uber’s argument that they are, “only… an intermediary between passengers and drivers,” because Uber “ entirel
Above The Law
JUNE 1, 2022
I'd honestly be less salty if their justification was 'Me have gun because pew pew sound cool,' but that's a lot harder to balance out with the whole people-being-murdered-as-a-regular-occurrence thing. The post Hey, Tyranny People, You Do Realize SCOTUS Just Said It’s Okay For The State To Kill Innocent People, Right? appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
JUNE 1, 2022
Police in Uvalde, Texas, are unlikely to face civil liability for failing to rush in to confront shooter Salvador Ramos, 18, at Robb Elementary School…
The Crime Report
JUNE 1, 2022
Memorial in Boston’s Copley Square for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Tx. Photo by (Jesse Costa/WBUR. Last week we experienced yet another senseless school shooting. Nineteen elementary school children and two teachers in the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tx., lost their lives. Three weeks earlier, a racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, NY claimed the lives of 10 African Americans shopping at a supermarket.
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JURIST
JUNE 1, 2022
Amnesty International released a report Tuesday documenting atrocities committed by the the Myanmar military including the burning of villages, destruction of civilian infrastructure and extrajudicial execution of civilians. After seizing power in a coup d’état on 1 February 2021, the military committed “gross human rights violations” in Myanmar’s Kayin and the Kayah States from December 2021 to March 2022.
Above The Law
JUNE 3, 2022
Great pass on the field, Michael. By the way, are you passing for anything else? The post Ohio Thinks Requiring That Getting Your Kid’s Genitals Checked To ‘Own The Libs’ Is Totally Fine And Okay appeared first on Above the Law.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 3, 2022
Retirees returning to work is a rising trend in the workplace. Camille Stell interviews attorney Will Graebe on his unexpected return to work and lessons learned. Millions of Americans left the workforce during the pandemic, 4.2 million people between March 2020 and July 2021. According to U.S. Labor Department data, 2.4 million of those were older workers.
The Crime Report
MAY 31, 2022
At first glance, Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion in Shinn v. Ramirez , issued last week, seems to constitute just another incremental step towards the right—one more incident in the modern Supreme Court’s campaign to dismantle the Warren Court’s protections for criminal defendants. The case has conservatives gloating and liberals complaining.
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JURIST
JUNE 1, 2022
A California appeals court Tuesday held that four species of bumblebees can be added to the state’s endangered species list under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The court found that bees were included under the legal definition of “fish” in the act since both are a type of ??invertebrate animal species. CESA is an environmental law responsible for conserving and protecting plants and animal species at risk of extinction in California.
Above The Law
JUNE 3, 2022
You tried, sweetie. The post Alex Jones Stomps Out Of Bankruptcy After Failing To Scare Off Sandy Hook Plaintiffs appeared first on Above the Law.
Patently O
JUNE 1, 2022
by Dennis Crouch. Tiger Lily Ventures Ltd v. Barclays Capital Inc. ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ). LEHMAN BROTHERS has a bad name for triggering the US economic collapse in the mid 2000s. But, as they say ‘any publicity is good publicity.’. Barclays purchases a number of Lehman Brothers businesses and accompanying goodwill back in 2008 as part of the bankruptcy proceedings.
ABA Journal
JUNE 2, 2022
Over the last half-century, the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress have significantly restricted the availability of habeas corpus.
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JURIST
JUNE 1, 2022
California’s Reparation Task Force released a report Wednesday regarding reparation recommendations for descendants of enslaved people. The near 500-page report explains how these individuals have faced tremendous harms as a result of the wealth gap caused by slavery and the discriminatory policies that followed. The report specifically mentions housing, education, employment, and the legal system as areas that caused the most harm.
Above The Law
JUNE 3, 2022
He went from Lawyer of the Year to lawyer behind bars. The post Michael Avenatti Receives Another Prison Sentence, This Time In Stormy Daniels Case appeared first on Above the Law.
My Shingle
JUNE 3, 2022
“Relax, ” said the night man “We are programmed to receive” “You can check-out any time you like” “But you can never leave!” –Hotel California, The Eagles We’re all familiar with the song Hotel California, that fictitious resort where guests are trapped for eternity.
ABA Journal
JUNE 3, 2022
The Georgetown University Law Center won’t be firing the incoming leader of its constitutional center after determining that his controversial tweets happened before his Feb.
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